Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz from Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China
Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 77323
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| Mineral: | Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz
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| Locality: | Yaogangxian Mine, Nanling Mountains, Hunan, China |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent purple cubic fluorite crystals to 9 mm with lustrous yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1.5 mm over lustrous translucent gray quartz crystals to 3 mm. The fluorite crystals have surfaces composed of parallel cubic crystal faces. The fluorite crystals fluoresce deep-violet under LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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